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. 2021 Jun 14;5(1):e143. doi: 10.1017/cts.2021.801

Table 4.

Markers of gut translocation and inflammation (N = 10)

During sugar
supplementation *
Between glucose
and fructose
supplementation **
Glucose arm P  = Fructose arm P  = P =
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Serum I-FABP (ng/ml) 0.00 (0.1) 0.86 0.00 (0.1) 0.38 0.59
Serum sCD14 (ng/ml) 0.18 (1.9) 0.77 0.52 (1.3) 0.23 0.68
Serum LBP (ng/ml) 4.51 (8.9) 0.14 1.44 (8.9) 0.62 0.63
Fecal calprotectin (ng/ml) 4.02 (15.6) 0.44 2.29 (19.2) 0.72 0.40

I-FABP, intestinal fatty acid binding protein; sCD-14, a protein often consistent with circulating lipopolysaccharides; LBP, lipopolysaccharide binding protein.

*

Mean differences in data between study start and study end for participants in the glucose and fructose arms of the study.

**

P-values of data comparing differences from study start and end in the glucose versus fructose arms of the study.

These data all were within the normal range.